Introducing Crocus

Salad Bag Collection

You haven't tasted salad leaves till you've snipped your own and eaten them within minutes of picking. Crunchy, sweet and full of flavour: it's one of the true luxuries of growing your own.

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Position: full sun

Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil

Rate of growth: fast

Hardiness: tender

Get set to enjoy a bumper crop of summer salads with this collection of goodies. The plants are all chosen for their ease of growth or delicious taste and are bursting with goodness. Quick and easy to plant, once ready for harvest they can be picked and on the table within a matter of minutes.

Suitable for filling a vegetable patch aproximately 2m², this collection can also be grown in big containers or grow bags.

The salad bag collection consists of the following -

8 x mixed tomatoes- if you like a bit of variety this collection is for you at least six different varieties to provide a range of colour and taste. Please note that the tomatoes will be substituted with 5 mixed herbs from June onwards.

20 x spring onion 'Shirmonita' - a new Japanese spring onion variety with a much thicker stem than usaual and a very sweet taste.

10 x wild rocket. - a cut and come again rocket, which has a peppery flavour. Ready to harvest within 6 weeks.

10 x mixed lettuce to include 'Rushmoor' - a red salad, with stunning oak-shaped, deep red leaves. Good in cooler weather. 'Mazur' - thick and crunchy leaves this loose cut and come again lettuce shows good resistance to downy mildew and shows tolerance to bolting. 'Pearl' - a little gem lettuce with a delicious, sweet taste.

Please note: The contents of this pack may vary slightly depending upon the season.

Garden care: Plant them out as soon as they arrive in a sunny spot. Make sure they are kept well watered and feed with a liquid fertiliser that is high in potash throughout the growing season. You may need to provide growing supports for the tomato plants.

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If you just want to grow a few vegetables or have suffered losses with early sowings, buying plants is a great way to play catch-up. Buying plants also allows you to grow vegetables if you do not have the facilities to raise them from seed yourself or whe